IRISH ELECTIONS.
-MINOR DISTURBANCES. INCIDENTS IN DUBLIN AND WATERFORP. (by casis—ysutss associates—ix-ris^^r.' 1 (AVSTSAUAS ASO XI. CAUSES AS3C-ClATlil3 } (Received Angi:st iJSih. ? SO p.ai.} LONDON. August IT. In connexion with the Irish elected there was a sharp fusillade* early thii morning in Dublin, owin~ to an atMu-k upon Free State troops. Therv was also some hand-to-hand f.sji'/.u'.g between crowds in Watoru-rd. Otherwise :h=» day passed nuietiy ;uid ahnesj tamely. A feature of the day ;n Du'.-Ur »»»* the number oi charabanc trio* t<» the s*asido. people pn ferritin :.• leave the town rather than voto under the protection of tho military patrols v. ho were guarding the polling stations and the armed cycle patrols m the -tritt- : . A procession ai Waierfonl supporting Captnin Redmond, an Independent c;jndidatc. c«me into i-onllict ur;th a crowd attending; a meeting where Mr AY. T. Cosgrave was .-pealing. In the resultant disorder, tho e -iu-ria! ofiicw «.t" the local Republican newspaper v as burned to the ground. Finally plain clothes policemen fired a blank volley, sianrpeding the crowds.
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Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17854, 29 August 1923, Page 9
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170IRISH ELECTIONS. Press, Volume LIX, Issue 17854, 29 August 1923, Page 9
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